Have you ever asked for a free cup of water at a fast-food restaurant, then filled it with soda? At one Florida McDonald’s, that could get you arrested. Customer Mark Abaire faces felony charges for failing to pay $1 for a cup of soda. Employees caught him using a water cup to get soda, and [...]
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A 17-year-old student in Glenolden, Pa., wants to go to her junior prom solo, but her school won’t allow it, according to KYW-TV in Philadelphia. When her date backed out, Amanda Dougherty discovered she could not go without one, according to the Philadelphia Archdiocese, which is over Archbishop John Carroll High School.
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Three young men face charges after allegedly breaking into an Australian aquarium after dark, swimming with the dolphins and taking a penguin home with them, Reuters reported. Police tracked down the suspects, ages 18, 20 and 21, after they posted on Facebook about their aquatic animal antics. The trio, thought to be drunk at the [...]
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Cheez-It snack crackers may seem harmless, but wielded properly, they can be enough to send someone to the hospital and get the attacker in trouble with police. A Floridian concert-goer suffered an eye injury after a man allegedly attacked her with Cheez-Its. The suspect, Andy Vincent Gatz, was under a court-ordered injunction not to contact [...]
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A white dorsal fin among a pod of orca whales swimming off the coast of Russia is believed to be that of the first all-white adult orca spotted by scientists, the BBC reported. The rare creature, nicknamed Iceberg, was found by the Far East Russia Orca Project. “We’ve seen another two white orcas in Russia [...]
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Want to dream bigger? If you’ve got an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, help is here. A 99-cent app called Sigmund, from Iris Sky Labs and developed at Harvard University and MIT, is designed to influence the content of your dreams, according to its tout on iTunes. You influence the content of your dreams by [...]
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Fearless Chinese beekeeper She Ping attempted a new world record last week, covering himself in a 73 lb. bee suit – an estimated 331,000 bees total. According to China Daily, local media reported that Ping had smashed the previous Chinese record of 53 lbs., set in 2008. But Ping’s taste of sweet victory didn’t last. As the [...]
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